Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Tachinidae, Therobia leonidei from Romania
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| cosmln |
Posted on 04-08-2008 22:42
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 Member Location: Romania Posts: 956 Joined: 18.03.07 |
Hi forum, just back from the lamp (4.august.2008). found there a very strange fly (at leas in my eyes), not very sure where to put this one (Tachinidae, Rhagionidae...). After some googling and diptering  i think i have the ID.Therobia leonidei, including the white inflated hearing organ can be seen. Sorry not dorsal shots, but the fly was collected. Is this really Therobia leonidei? After Fauna EU this is not present in Romania, Theo maybe you have some more data on this distribution? Thanks for the help, cosmln [EDIT]: title updated cosmln attached the following image:  [72.23Kb] Edited by cosmln on 06-08-2008 21:00 |
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| cosmln |
Posted on 04-08-2008 22:43
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Member Location: Romania Posts: 956 Joined: 18.03.07 |
another shot
cosmln attached the following image:  [67.93Kb] |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 04-08-2008 22:47
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Therobia leonidei, in the tribe Ormiini. They are parasitoids of grasshoppers. They are easy to find with Hg lamps in a local with dozen of that noisy grasshoppers.  |
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| cosmln |
Posted on 04-08-2008 22:50
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Member Location: Romania Posts: 956 Joined: 18.03.07 |
thanks Jorge for confirming. some interesting facts about species here http://www.nadsdiptera.org/Tach/TTimes/TT19.pdf (page 8 & 9) cosmln |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 05-08-2008 20:20
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19230 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Excellent, both the pics and the ID. Very nice you can really see the 'Ormiini-ballon' between the front legs ! You can find the distribution on faunaeur.org, but that is probably not what you mean. Therobia is rare in collections, but then again, it has a nocturnal lifestyle and how often are you collecting at night ? It has been reared in some numbers by the Leonide-couple from France. Theo |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 05-08-2008 21:13
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Theo, in last year I found, at least, 5 individuals in one night. THis year I will try to find some after 15th August. If I catch any, I will send for you and Chris the specimens.  |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 06-08-2008 17:26
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19230 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Jorge Thanks for the effort. I can stay up all night, but I won't catch any Therobia. Theo |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 06-08-2008 17:34
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
I'm just glad we don't have Therobia leonidei here - so that I don't have to stay up all night  |
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| cosmln |
Posted on 06-08-2008 20:56
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Member Location: Romania Posts: 956 Joined: 18.03.07 |
Zeegers wrote: Excellent, both the pics and the ID. Very nice you can really see the 'Ormiini-ballon' between the front legs ! You can find the distribution on faunaeur.org, but that is probably not what you mean. Therobia is rare in collections, but then again, it has a nocturnal lifestyle and how often are you collecting at night ? It has been reared in some numbers by the Leonide-couple from France. Theo Hi Theo, often enough i stay on light. today started light again (is in my balcony, so easy to go to check ). i think one time i have seen this is a stepe habitat with patches of salted land.now i know better what to see, so if is coming again... i will come back on this with a PM to you. thanks to all for confirming the ID, cosmln |
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